09 Jun 2009
Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?

Talk about monoculture! I wonder if the authors thought about the phrase "beginning of the end" very carefully....

Clonal reproduction of crop species took a step closer to being realized with new research published in PLoS Biology this week. The advantage of clonal reproduction is that it produces an individual exactly like an existing one -- very useful for farmers who could replicate the best of their animals or crops without the lottery of sexual reproduction.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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